Lord, you have trusted me enough to place me in this low place and period so that my character can be strengthened and I can serve at least one person here. Help me not to give in to bitterness, self pity and anger but to the working and leading of your Holy Spirit.

When others hurt the things we love, our first instinct is returning the hurt in double doses. When our integrity is attacked, our first instinct is to defend ourselves. When we are wrongly treated, our first instinct is to repay the evil for evil. The Bible reminds us that avenging ourselves, though instinctive, isn’t our